ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,475, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Assembly method for liquid discharge device" was invented by Nobuaki Yamakuchi (Kirishima, Japan) and Kenko Gejima (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly method for a liquid discharge device includes mounting a cap to a head that has a first surface configured to discharge liquid, the cap covering the first surface; fixing the head to which the cap is mounted to a holding portion; and removing the cap from the head that is fixed to the holding portion. The cap is fixed to the head using a first fixing member that is removable. The head is f...